'The English novels of Elizabeth van Hoof: a literary time capsule from the 1930s Wednesday 1 June 2011 Rm G37 12:30pm
Written on 21.5.11 by CommuniKation
Wednesday 1 June 2011: Institute of English Studies Director's Seminar
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor):12:30pm
Kate Macdonald (University of Ghent): 'The English novels of Elizabeth van Hoof: a literary time capsule from the 1930s'. Description: After the recent death of a Belgian civil servant, Elizabeth van Hoof, her family donated her collection of English books to me, in order for them to kept together, just as she had done for over seventy years. The collection consists of 39 English novels, largely in cheap or first editions, many of which are now very rare. This talk discusses the methodology of collating and researching such a capsule collection, determining its provenance within twentieth-century Belgian social history, and its significance for study within popular fiction and book history.
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